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Q: Just wanted to make sure I am thinking straight re hedging principles related to the U.S. dollar denominated securities. One option is to buy ETFs that are hedged. The other way is to buy U.S. denominated securities in U.S. dollars and then some unhedged ETFs that invest in U.S. dollar securities , but invest with Canadian dollars.

Thank you.

Paul


Read Answer Asked by paul on April 21, 2015
Q: Atd.b has not had strong technicals lately, coupled with what I would call heavy inside selling, in excess of 29m. Could I please have your further thoughts
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Rick on April 21, 2015
Q: Hi team, How do you feel about Cat? Do you think it might be dead money for the next couple of years? I have held it for some time but now I have found it to be lagging, I assume due to the oil situation.
Read Answer Asked by Andrew on April 21, 2015
Q: PAR Technologies (PAR.us): Looks like an interesting microcap that appears to have its shares under pressure. I would appreciate your thoughts on investing in this company. Appears undervalued but I don't see any info of substance on it. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Adam on April 21, 2015
Q: I read in the Globe and Mail that the Hydro One IPO will have 20-30% of the IPO allocated to retail investors. If it is true, can clients using discount online brokerages accounts participate in the IPO? What do you think is a fair price for its IPO and would you recommend it? Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Roy on April 21, 2015
Q: Keith Richards at Value Trend Wealth Management who appeared on BNN Market Call Tonight is of the view that S&P500 could see a 20% plus correction this summer. His reasoning was primarily based on Technical Analysis. He also mentioned that at present, retail investors (dumb money) are twice as much bullish as sophisticated investors like pension fund managers (smart money). What are your thoughts on this prediction for an imminent market correction?
Read Answer Asked by RAJITH on April 21, 2015
Q: Given your endorsement of J. Goodman's ability and based on my research to confirm same, for high risk speculative plays I have essentially copied Goodman by taking positions in CRH earlier this year and PDP recently and before its increase. Like Goodman I took profits on CRH - as it turns out a little early but still a very healthy (no pun) return. For PDP I now have significant paper gains. I appreciate Goodman is principally lending to these smaller companies and I find GUD's strategy in this regard intriguing. Are you aware of other pharma companies that GUD has also financed or plans to finance? I will likely take gains on PDP but I would appreciate any insight you could offer on the recent spike and significant increase in volume. I only have a small position in this one, even after the spike, and I don't need the money. It goes without saying that your independent informed view is greatly valued. Thanks!!!
Read Answer Asked by James on April 21, 2015
Q: Hi folks: can't seem to get this Growth thing right. For example; according to Yahoo finance,the growth rate for XTC for this year will be 34.7%. The growth est. for next year is only 18.4% so is this is a "growth" stock for only the rest of this year? Several of the other stocks in the Growth Portfolio seem to have the same problem.
Read Answer Asked by Charles on April 20, 2015
Q: Good morning,

Can you please provide your latest thoughts/opinion on RVX as a speculative investment.Recently the stock has been behaving very well from a technical perspective on a significant increase in volume.
In your opinion is it worth taking a small position at this time?
As always, thanks for your unbiased perspective.
Read Answer Asked by Thomas on April 20, 2015
Q: I believe your last comment about VRE was in August, 2013, at which time you preferred XRE. Now, looking at these two ETF, which one would you prefer. VRE only pays a 2.1% distribution compared to XRE's 4.7% but over the past two years VRE's value has risen nearly 3x that of XRE's. I am curious why VRE pays such a low distribution when most of its holdings are paying >4%. Is VRE really doing so much better than XRE or am I just mis-interpreting the numbers.
Read Answer Asked by richard on April 20, 2015
Q: I am a shareholder fo this one. Fro the past few months it has inched up hitting new highs almost every week. How do you intepret this kind of trading? Is it possible evidence of quiet accumulation by a fund or institution? No reported inside buying except for some smallish trades as recently as this week. I can see it being taken private by the Pollard family or bought out.
Read Answer Asked by Murray on April 20, 2015
Q: Can you list your Growth Portfolio under "Portfolios" please? I have great difficulty finding the Growth portfolio on your site and I like to refer to it often. Thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Pat on April 20, 2015
Q: Hi Gang Do not paint all Prefs with the same brush I hold 18% in the above prefs and classify them as fixed income .My fear is when they are called is my tax liability .I hope they are not called and have not traded below issue price for a long time I even sold some for$28 a few years back .But I agree with most of your assessment on pertpetual prefs in this interest rate envoiment.
Regards Stan
Read Answer Asked by Stan on April 20, 2015
Q: Peter, I require income, FGX has paid 0.48/mo. for past several years. Is this a good investment? is Yield-ROC, and if so will stocks be worthless in future.
Thanks
Cec
Read Answer Asked by Cecil on April 20, 2015
Q: If a company like crescent pointe energy were to buy a company like lightstream resources....what do you think they would pay for it?..thanks.
Read Answer Asked by Curtis on April 20, 2015
Q: TD seems to be having a problem again with its site. (streaming quotes etc.)
Read Answer Asked by john on April 20, 2015
Q: what is the difference between the A and B shares. One seems to trade and the A shares hardly at all? Thanks as always
Read Answer Asked by michael on April 20, 2015
Q: This stock has had a great run-up recently do you think there
is more growth available?
Thxs
Wayne
Read Answer Asked by wayne on April 20, 2015
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